Field Hockey

Caitlin Baker Named CAC Rookie of the Year as All-CAC Field Hockey Teams Announced

Nov 11, 2010

YORK, Pa. - Wesley College senior Brooke Tadlock (Middletown, Del./Middletown) was picked as the Player of the Year while University of Mary Washington freshman Caitlin Baker (Falls Church, Va./McLean) and coach Dana Hall were honored with individual awards to lead the 2010 All-CAC Field Hockey team.

Tadlock, who led Wesley to the CAC Championship game for the first time since joining the conference prior to the 2007 season, is the first Wolverines player to ever be selected by the coaches as the Player of the Year. She is also making her third-straight
appearance on the All-CAC first team.

Baker, a first-team All-CAC choice and one of five members of the conference champion Eagles, was selected as the 2010 Rookie of the Year. She joins 2000 co-winner Andi Sasin as the only UMW players to be named the CAC Rookie of the Year.

Hall, who guided the Eagles to the 2010 CAC championship, was named the CAC Coach of the Year for the fifth time and first time since 1994. UMW placed third in the regular season standings, but won twice in the playoffs, including a 2-0 decision over Wesley, to win the CAC title and gain the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championship Tournament.

CAC regular-season champion Salisbury placed seven players on the All-CAC team, including first-team honorees sophomore forward Erica Henderson (Westover, Md./Pocomoke), senior midfielder Kandice Hancock (Westover, Md./Washington) and junior back Tara McGovern (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Lakeland). Hancock is a two-time first-team All-CAC player who was previously picked as the conference Rookie of the Year (2007) and co-Player of the Year (2008). McGovern was the Rookie of the Year in 2008, Player of the Year in 2009 and a two-time first-team all-star.

St. Mary’s, which finished second in the regular-season standings, gained three first-team all-star nods for sophomore forward Lauriann Parker (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg), sophomore midfielder Natalie Hackstaff (Denver, Colo./St. Mary’s Academy) and senior back Allie Skiest (Arnold, Md./The Seton Keough School). Skiest is a CAC all-star for the third-straight year and Parker was the Rookie of the Year in 2009.

York also earned three all-star team berths, all on the second team. Senior Katie Dawkins (Easton, Md./Easton) gains her second-straight post-season honor while junior midfielder Brittany Simmons (Leola, Pa./Conestoga Valley) and junior back Colleen O’Rourke (Milford, N.J./Delaware Valley) are first-time All-CAC honorees.

Stevenson senior goalie Kara Zimmerman (Odenton, Md./Arundel) and senior back Natalie DiPaolo (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall) also gained positions on the 2010 All-CAC team. Zimmerman, the top keeper in the conference this year, is a three-time all-conference pick, including twice on the top squad, while DiPaolo made her second-straight appearance on the second-team All-CAC squad.